Chapter 268 Want to cry but no tears

Author: The bear skimming the treetops

Chapter 268 Want to cry but no tears

At noon in midsummer, Lincheng seemed to be sandwiched between two large furnaces.

When the weather is hot, people's hearts are already irritable. In addition, the vehicles from the Lincheng Investigation Office are rushing on the street, and the agents are cursing and driving away pedestrians, making the air in the city even more boring.

The narrow and messy streets and alleys are divided into search stations. Not far away, you can see agents wearing black shirts, black trousers, and black top hats patrolling and questioning.

The blazing sunlight shines on the trees on both sides of the street, causing the leaves on the trees to droop and look dying. However, under the action of reflection, they emit a pale and dazzling light that makes people unable to look directly.

Only the trunk of the tree stretches out abruptly, especially the branches hidden under the leaves, showing their true colors unscrupulously. Under the atmosphere of terror, it seems that only it dares to stretch its free body so boldly.

Looking along the street, from time to time you will see prisoners being tied up and being escorted. There are men and women, old and young.

Chen Zilian, who was sitting in a rickshaw, lowered his hat and felt as if his heart was being grabbed violently. He really couldn't bear to see such a scene.

Chen Zilian asked the coachman to turn into a small alley on the right side of the driveway and signaled the coachman to stop. He paid, then picked up his suitcase and walked straight into the alley.

After passing through several alleys and arriving on a wide street, Chen Zilian raised his head and glanced at the gate across the street. The four gilt characters "Lincheng University" were particularly dazzling under the sunlight.

Chen Zilian teaches history at the university.

He is forty-two years old. Although he has passed his forties, his handsome face does not seem to have left many traces of time.

It is said that after his girlfriend traveled across the ocean, he never entered into a new relationship again.

Chen Zilian is a member of the Lincheng underground organization of the Red Party, Lao Hu's superior leader, and Wu Fengjian's subordinate.

This time he went to Shanghai to give lectures. His original plan was to take a passenger ship back, but because it was difficult to get a ticket, he took a car from a Shanghai boss who was returning to Lincheng to visit his relatives.

The boss's son was once a student of Chen Zilian. The two had known each other for many years and met by chance in Shanghai.

As soon as Chen Zilian returned to Lincheng, he smelled the smell of blood that filled the air over Lincheng. His intuition told him that something big must have happened.

Chen Zilian looked around and saw that there was nothing unusual at the school gate. He quickly crossed the street and entered the university gate.

"Professor Chen!"

"Hello, Professor Chen!"

"Professor Chen is finally back. When will he teach us the "Historical Research Method"?"

Chen Zilian smiled and greeted his classmates.

In front of students, he is a knowledgeable, gentle professor with a very charming personality.

Chen Zilian returned all the way to his office, opened the door, and put down his luggage.

As a well-known professor, he had an independent office, which was spacious and bright. Chen Zilian quickly came to the desk and immediately noticed something was wrong with the pile of newspapers placed on the table.

He has the habit of reading newspapers, and the newspapers he subscribes to are handled by assistant teacher Xiao Wang.

Teacher Xiao Wang is very careful in her work, and she is a girl. She stacks the newspapers neatly every time, every day.

However, the newspapers in front of me were placed very casually, and half of the top newspaper even exceeded the edge of the desk, hanging in the air.

Chen Zilian looked at the windows. They were all closed, and there was no way that wind could blow in. In other words, the newspaper had not been placed in the right position from the beginning, or someone had moved it.

Next to the newspaper, there is a stack of students' homework books. If it is the latter, it should be that the students accidentally touched the newspaper when handing in their homework.

Chen Zilian has always had no airs and would often call some students to come to his office to discuss academic issues. In addition to him and Xiao Wang, there are three other people who have the key to his office.

Chen Zilian was not sure which student had ever entered his office.

He looked around the office again and saw that other items were placed in their original positions, with no changes.

The next moment, he quickly picked up the newspaper and read it.

When he turned to the fourth chapter of the newspaper, an inconspicuous missing person notice published in the advertisement column of the People's Livelihood section caught his attention. The general meaning was as follows:

On the 19th, my second uncle accidentally got lost while walking birds by the Jinniu Lake. He was wearing a white coat, black leather shoes and a long beard. If you see this person, please contact Mr. Yuzhi as soon as possible. Thank you very much.

There are at least a dozen of this kind of missing person notices in newspapers, and the content is similar. There is nothing special. What makes Chen Zilian think of it is the name on the signature and the four characters "long beard" and "bird".

"Mr. Zhi" is the code name used by Wu Fengjian in emergency situations, while "Long Beard" and "Bird" are linked together to refer to his subordinate - Lao Hu!

This was an emergency contact signal sent by Wu Fengjian to inform him that he should evacuate immediately.

Something happened to Lao Hu?

Chen Zilian's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Lao Hu is a proven old comrade. He has done a lot of work for the organization over the years. Will such a person rebel?

Probably not!

Lao Hu is determined and will not betray the organization.

However, the current situation is very serious. Agents from the Lincheng Investigation Room are searching throughout the city. Something must have happened.

No matter where the problem lies, there can't be any luck. Chen Zilian packed up the things in the office and walked out quickly.

As he walked downstairs, he wondered what was wrong.

I originally wanted to turn down the assignment of giving lectures in Shanghai this time, because Wu Fengjian had confessed some time ago that someone would be coming from Jiangbei in the near future, and there was an extremely important task that required the cooperation of the Lincheng underground organization.

This mission was of vital importance. Chen Zilian wanted to participate in person, but there was no one in the school who could replace him. He had to talk to him and he couldn't get a leave.

In desperation, Chen Zilian reported the situation to Wu Fengjian. After comprehensive consideration, Wu Fengjian suggested that Chen Zilian go to Shanghai first. Don't worry about the matters here and let him handle it.

Wu Fengjian knew Lao Hu, but Lao Hu did not know Wu Fengjian.

In Chen Zilian's absence, Wu Fengjian had to contact Lao Hu directly. Such an approach violated organizational discipline.

However, everything has exceptions and needs to be handled flexibly based on actual circumstances.

Wu Fengjian's consideration is that Chen Zilian's hard-won status at Lincheng University is also the backbone of the school. Using this status can not only play a good cover-up role, but also inspect young and progressive students so that he can inject into the organization in the future.

Fresh blood.

Although Chen Zilian went to Shanghai, he was always concerned about the affairs in Lincheng. The original five-day course was compressed to three days by him. As soon as the course ended, he hurried back.

Even Wu Fengjian didn't know about his early return this time, but when Chen Zilian thought about it, he had already appeared in the school just now, and the Party Affairs Investigation Office had many informants in the school, so he was no longer safe.

He does not believe that Lao Hu has rebelled, because he is still safe and sound until now. He has been in contact with Lao Hu for the longest time and most frequently, and he assigns every task to Lao Hu.

If Lao Hu rebels, his superior will be the first to be arrested.

Chen Zilian knew that he should not doubt his comrades easily, but he still reminded himself not to be careless. He often went to Lao Hu's drug store for medical treatment and physical conditioning. The noses of the agents were as sensitive as dogs, and they were as sensitive as Lao Hu.

Anyone contacted will be included in the investigation.

Taking a step back, if Lao Hu really fails to withstand the torture of the spies and opens his mouth, then the underground organization in Lincheng will face a catastrophe.

It's better to be on the safe side. Erase all traces first, and then find a way to activate the emergency contact method to contact Wu Fengjian.

Chen Zilian was calculating while walking quickly on the campus path. This time they did not take the main entrance, but took a detour to the back entrance.

After leaving the house, he hurriedly called a rickshaw and headed north.

After several long detours on the road, the rickshaw driver said that he was a novice and not very familiar with the roads. He kept apologizing to Chen Zilian after taking the wrong road.

Half an hour later, Chen Zilian arrived near the rental house in Yueshuai Bridge.

After walking dozens of steps along the alley, Chen Zilian noticed something was wrong.

The surroundings are extremely quiet.

He remembered that there used to be children running around in the alley, which was very lively.

There was indeed something unusual today. Chen Zilian stopped, hesitated for a moment, thought about the things hidden in the house, and then stepped forward.

He stood at the door and looked around cautiously, but there was nothing unusual.

There is a radio station hidden in the house. No one knows about this place except him, including Lao Hu.

Chen Zilian took out the key, opened the door, strode across the threshold, turned around, closed the door and bolted it.

After entering the room, he quickly moved the large wardrobe, took out a suitcase from the wall, placed it on the table and opened it. Inside was a 60% to 70% new radio station.

He touched the radio station gently and said to himself: "Old man, I have been wronged by you these days. When the limelight passes, I will take you back!"

He took a deep breath, quickly closed the lid of the suitcase, picked up the suitcase and strode out of the room.

At this moment, there was a "boom" sound from behind the room, as if someone had fallen to the ground.

Although this house is relatively far from the downtown area, it is also surrounded by high walls. It is not easy to jump over the wall to get in.

Chen Zilian's heart skipped a beat at that moment.

At this time, he noticed that the light was flickering in and out of the gap between the two door panels of the door. He hurriedly carried the suitcase and returned to the room, leaned against the wall, took out a small pistol, and loaded the bullet.

Things couldn't be clearer. He was targeted by the secret agents and followed all the way here.

It was precisely because of his own negligence that the location where the radio station was hidden was exposed.

There were slight footsteps behind the house. Chen Zilian looked through the back window and saw a man in black moving forward tiptoe against the west courtyard wall.

Almost at the same time, the man also saw Chen Zilian in the room. Chen Zilian had quick hands and eyes and immediately pulled the trigger and fired.

The man in black fell down in response.
To be continued...